Night Cable Vault

The wind out here on the balcony railing was howling, but right across the dark gap hung a thick black fairy light cable looped around a metal hook! I didn't think twice—I sprinted along the cold concrete ledge and vaulted directly into the open air! Both of my rigid clip hands clamped down onto the rubber cord with a solid snap. The whole wire sagged and swung like a runaway pendulum, whipping me back and forth over the balcony floor before I steadied my grip against a bulb socket. My heart was practically buzzing through my plastic chest—that swing was completely under control, wasn't it?!